The cost to diagnose and treat DVT and its effects in the United States is estimated to be as much as $23.8 billion per year.

9. Cundiff D.K. “AnticoagulationTherapy For VenousThromboembolism”. MedGenMed.2004;6(3):5. * Cited research indicates a cost to diagnose and treat VTE as $3.2 billion to $15.5 billion in 1992 dollars. With an adjusted inflation rate over this period of 2.47%, (according to the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor and Statistics) this cost becomes $5.1 billion to $23.8 billion.

Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) kills up to 300,000 people in the U.S. each year.